#BE9231#BE9231

#BE9231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.122 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BE9231
RGBrgb(190, 146, 49)
HSLhsl(41, 59%, 47%)
HSVhsv(41, 74%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.2%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(63.12, 7.06, 55.01)
CIE-LCHlch(63.12, 55.46, 82.68°)
OKLaboklab(68.47% 0.0144 0.1216)
OKLCHoklch(68.47% 0.122 83.3)
XYZxyz(32.0705, 31.7290, 7.3403)
Luminance0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BE9231 #315DBE
analogous
#BE4C31 #BE9231 #A4BE31
triadic
#BE9231 #31BE92 #9231BE
tetradic
#BE9231 #31BE4C #315DBE #BE31A4
square
#BE9231 #31BE4C #315DBE #BE31A4
split-complementary
#BE9231 #31A4BE #4C31BE
monochromatic
#5D4718 #8D6D24 #BE9231 #D4AD58 #E1C589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86
#BE9231 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35
#BE9231 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9231
7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BE9231#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BE92311.002.867.357.35
#FFFFFF2.861.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3521.001.001.00
##0000007.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A59223
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9D35
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CE847F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #be9231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.122 83.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b16f',
    500: '#be9231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #be9231;
$custom-light: #d6b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#be9231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.277,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68467,
    "c": 0.12247,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BE9231
secondary
#8097CA
accent
#76E246
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FBF5EC
border
#D4CFC7
text
#151008
muted
#837F7B

Preview Lab

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#BE9231 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva